Well said. It is now time for the United States to say what we are for and urge the Egyptian people to realize their hopes and dreams and that we want to be their partner. Now is not the time to sever the partnership. Now is the time to…

If you bring all the troops home, we all would like that to happen as soon as possible, you still have a country that is in a very early stage of development in terms of democracy.

You need to provide some assistance and nurturing to make sure they grow up strong and healthy.

How dependent are you today on American military security for your movements?

We're not staying in a place where we're not wanted, is that a fair statement, whatever 'staying' means?

To carry out your mission in 2012 without U.S. military security being provided, we're basically creating a small DOS army, correct?

the country is debating a lot of issues. We passed the health care bill last year. Now there is an effort in the House to repeal and replace it. I join my House colleagues with the idea that we should start over and come up with some…

At the end of the day, the whole process has a conclusion to it. We're about to spend $35 billion of taxpayers' money here and quite frankly, I think it is important.

Before we award this contract, I want to make sure that what we're doing here, Mr. Chairman, doesn't set a precedent for the future.

I think this is something we should be looking at; this is something we should be talking about.

It's hard enough for American companies to compete already. The Chinese Yuan is 40 percent undervalued.

A use that does not adversely affect our asset. A use that is compatible with other users in the Gulf, particularly the seafood and the tourism industries.